There are primarily two email apps that are most widely used on Android, the Gmail app and the Samsung Email app.

NOTE: Android mail apps may look different across different devices, and these directions may not exactly match the options you see. Use these steps as a guide or consult the manufacturer's help for your particular device.

Change your email settings in the Gmail App

1.Update your Gmail app to the latest version.

2.NOTE: Do this by opening the Play Store app on your phone. Search "Gmail" and then select Update. If update option is not available, you are already on the latest version.

UAB faculty and staff have access to Microsoft Office 365 to download Office products such as Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint — and they can also use those applications in the cloud, where each user also has 1TB of storage in a OneDrive account. Individual file sizes are limited to 2GB. Note: Consult with your school or department IT support before installing Office 365 on your office computer because an Office volume license is available for on-campus use.

Should you not be able to find the answers you need through the links below, please contact AskIT.

OneDrive is only available for UAB campus faculty and staff; it is not currently available for UAB Medicine staff.

Install Office on your PC or Mac with Office 365 for Business

When you use the latest version of Office with Office 365 for business, you can edit and review Office files from virtually anywhere you can use your computer, mobile device, or web browser.

Depending on which type of Office 365 account you have, you can download the latest version of Office with Office 365.

To install the latest version of Office

Sign in to Office 365 by using your BlazerID.

At the top right of the page, click Settings > Office 365 Settings.Click Software.On the Office page, select a Language, then click Install.

Note: Office installs the 32-bit version on your PC by default, even if your computer is running a 64-bit version of Windows.

Watch this video to learn about using Office and Office Web Apps in Office 365.

Deactivate an installation on either a PC or a Mac

If you’ve already installed the latest version of Office with Office 365 on five computers that you use and you want to install Office on a sixth computer, you can do that by first deactivating an installation on one of your current computers.

Go to Software > Office. Click Deactivate next to the computer you want to deactivate the installation from.

Troubleshoot your Office installation

More information

You may have noticed that how you get the latest version of Office is different from previous versions of Office. The latest version of Office with Office 365 is offered as a subscription. Also, the Office applications are packaged together for faster download and installation. Once you’ve installed Office, you can delete the shortcuts to the programs that you don’t need. If you need to, you can run different versions of Office products, like Excel 2013 and Excel 2010, side-by-side on the same computer.

You can install the latest version of Office on up to five computers that you use. After you’ve completed the installation, make sure you have automatic updates turned on.

Microsoft Office 365, a new cloud-based platform for e-mail, file storage, and Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel) is now the standard email for students (effective May 2014). This new service provides students with the following benefits:

50 GB of e-mail space, an increase of 49 GB from the current service

25 GB of free file storage, an increase of 24 GB from the current service

Access to Microsoft Office applications from laptops, tablets, and other mobile devices

A single web interface to access all of the above features

Students who prefer to work offline will be able to download the Office applications and continue using their preferred e-mail clients.

Beginning April 30 UAB will be upgrading students to Microsoft Office 365, a new cloud-based platform for e-mail, file storage, and Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel). This new service provides students with the following benefits:

50 GB of e-mail space, an increase of 49 GB from the current service

25 GB of free file storage, an increase of 24 GB from the current service

Access to Microsoft Office applications from laptops, tablets, and other mobile devices

A single web interface to access all of the above features

Students who prefer to work offline will be able to download the Office applications and continue using their preferred e-mail clients.

If your email program is not able to automatically find your Exchange ActiveSync server name, you may need to look it up.

If you’re connecting to your Office 365 email, use outlook.office365.com as your Exchange ActiveSync server name. The Exchange ActiveSync server name outlook.office365.com can be used if you are using the latest version of Office 365.

If you’re not using Office 365 or if you aren’t sure if you are using the latest version of Office 365, follow these steps to look up your Exchange ActiveSync server name. Follow these steps to determine your Exchange ActiveSync server name.

Note Although you’re not setting up a POP3 account, you will use this value to determine your Exchange ActiveSync server name.

Under POP setting, look at the value for Server name.

If the Server name shows outlook.office365.com, your Office 365 account is on the latest version of Office 365, and you can use outlook.office365.com as your Exchange ActiveSync server name.

If the Server name value is in the format podxxxxx.outlook.com, your Office 365 or other Exchange Online account is not yet on the latest version of Office 365, and you can use m.outlook.com as your Exchange ActiveSync server name.

If the Server name value includes your organization’s name, for example, pop.contoso.com, then your Exchange ActiveSync server name is contained in address bar in your browser when you are signed in to Outlook Web app - -but without the leading https:// and without the trailing /owa. For example, if the address you use to access Outlook Web App is https://mail.contoso.com/owa, your Exchange ActiveSync server name is mail.contoso.com.

Select Next to continue. The setup wizard will try to automatically set up your email account.

If the wizard is able to set up your account, go to the next step. If this process can’t be completed automatically, you’ll need to enter your Exchange server name manually. In the Mail for Exchange server name box, enter your server name, and select Next. If you’re connecting to your Office 365 email, use outlook.office365.com for your server name.

Select OK when Mail for Exchange informs you that it isn’t recommended to use multiple methods to synchronize your contacts with your phone.

Choose whether you want to synchronize your Calendar, Contacts, and Tasks by selecting the appropriate options and then selecting Next.

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